• surfrock66@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You know what’s weird? I get severe sinus headaches and regular pseudoenepherine sudafed doesn’t help at all, but these phelylephrine ones do. I’ll even tell my wife “the little reds, not the whites”. Weird.

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      1 year ago

      Have you tried a migraine formulation for that? It sounds like you’re actually benefiting from the systemic effects (vasoconstriction) instead of the reduced mucous production. A formulation would include caffeine that also has vasoconstriction in case this is removed from the market.

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        1 year ago

        Weird, here in my area of California the OTC ones are the reds, you have to go to the pharmacist for the white ones.

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          1 year ago

          In my area both are red unless you get the 12-hour controlled-release caplets, those are white. It’s probably just different factories.

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      I forget but wasn’t it also advertised to have a painkilling effect? Maybe the thing it’s doing for you isn’t the decongestant but that?

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      1 year ago

      In my area the red ones are the pseudophedrine ones. Never seen the white ones, I just go to the counter because I am not making meth.

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        I actually doubt that. Phenylephrine does have systemic effects that might be beneficial for migraines. That’s not what it was decided to not be effective in with the FDA and not what folks generally use it for. Pseudoephedrine isn’t really that effective for migraines itself.

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        1 year ago

        Nah, the drug is still a bio-active drug. It DOES do things, just doesn’t help most with the prescribed symptoms because its mechanism of effect is different.

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      When I had COVID and got really severe congestion, it was some of the worst sinus pain I’ve ever had in my life. I was at the point where I was trying to use a baby nasal bulb to relieve some pressure. The phenylephrine helped me a lot more than any other medication I was trying, including nasal sprays. I also take other sinus medications though, so I wonder if it’s a case of a medication not working well unless it’s used in conjunction with other things?

      I guess it’s possible I experienced a placebo effect, but it seems weird it would do it when nothing else was.